treacherous world

Zhan Zhao and Yin Hou followed Zhao Cong and Dead Ye all the way out of the forest, and they didn't go anywhere else, but went straight back to the Eight Princes' Mansion.Zhan Zhao frowned... I don't know what Zhao Cong is taking, he is also Yin Hou's light kung fu, and it is easy to follow him, so they sneaked into the palace together to see what happened.

Zhao Cong entered the palace, and came to a tall tower in the palace with Dead Leaf.

Zhan Zhao was slightly taken aback, touched his chin, squatted on the roof and looked up at the tower.

"What's the matter?" Yin Hou took the opportunity to reach out and pinch Zhan Zhao's cheeks, feeling that Bai Yutang seemed to have fed his precious grandson a little fatter, the key is that he looks good and smiles all day long, which makes him very relieved.In addition, everyone in the Kaifeng Mansion tacitly skipped the fact that Zhan Zhao went to the dungeon of Dali Temple a few days ago in front of Yin Hou. If Yin Hou knew about this, it would be a disaster.

"I remember, there was no such pagoda before!" Zhan Zhao folded his arms, "Also, why is this pagoda level four? Aren't pagodas all in single form?"

Yin Hou frowned, "The distance between each level is larger than normal, and the surroundings are sealed without windows. The roof with octagonal eaves seems to be asymmetrical."

"It's a pity that Yutang didn't come, he has the most research on this kind of thing." Zhan Zhao shook his head feeling sorry.

Yinhou had some taste for food, so he said slowly, "Oh, now that you have Yutang, you don't need grandpa, right?"

Zhan Zhao immediately hugged his arm, "It's different!"

Zhao Cong took out a strange-shaped key and opened the gate of the pagoda. Zhan Zhao heard the weird "click click" sound of the shaft and wheel turning inside when he unlocked it.

"It turned out to be an organ tower." Yin Hou shook his head, "Don't let Bai Yutang get close to this tower, just ask Zhao Pu to blow it up!"

Zhan Zhao's eyes lit up, and he rubbed his arms around Yin Hou's arm, "Grandpa is wise!"

After opening the door, Zhao Cong went in alone, while Dead Ye stood at the door and waited.

Yin Hou frowned and looked at the dead leaves, then reached out and stroked his chin, "Mmm..."

"What's wrong, grandpa?" Zhan Zhao wondered.

"That young man named Dead Leaf..." Yin Hou rubbed his chin, "From this angle, it seems familiar."

"Have you seen it?" Zhan Zhao was curious, "He's a killer! And he looks so recognizable, don't you have any impression?"

"Well, no." Yin Hou seemed a little embarrassed, "I really want to see a time when he doesn't have half a face."

"Grandpa!" Zhan Zhao was curious, "You mean, you've seen him with a yin-yang face? Then he's still very young, right? Are you sure you remember correctly?"

"Hmm..." Yin Hou hesitated again, as if he was not quite sure.

Zhan Zhao is in a hurry.

"Maybe I was wrong." Yin Hou finally shook his head, "Oh, I've met too many people, I can't remember."

After a while, Zhao Cong came out, locked the door again, carefully put the key into his arms, and left with the dead leaves.

"How is your mother?"

"The medicine has almost worked." Withered Leaf said, looking at Zhao Cong, "Are you really sure you want to do this?"

"What's the problem?"

"She is your mother!" Withered Leaf frowned.

Zhao Cong sneered, "Since when did you become kind-hearted?"

"It's right not to be poisonous and not to be a husband, but... I'm afraid you will regret it in the future."

"Regret?" Zhao Cong's expression became cold and even cruel, "Compared to me, Zhao Zhen and Zhao Pu are their real sons, you are too much in charge, what I ordered you, hurry up and do it. "

Withered Leaf shrugged, "You are the boss, you have the final say. Remember to bring more clothes. It is such a cold day, and her body is so weak. Don't be hot and cold, and die before you do anything."

"You talk a lot." Zhao Cong's face changed slightly, "People who talk a lot usually don't live long."

Zhao Cong shrugged his shoulders, walked out with his shoulders on his shoulders.

Zhao Cong turned his head and walked towards the backyard.

Zhan Zhao felt uncomfortable, he agreed with what Dead Leaf said just now, could it be that Zhao Cong wanted to use Princess Cheshire to do something?He wanted to follow along, but Yin Hou grabbed his arm.

Yin Hou said to him in a low voice, "There are many organs around here, it's not easy to hurt you, but it's easy to expose, when the time comes to scare the snake."

"Then..." Zhan Zhao was still worried.

"Don't worry!" Yin Hou stretched out his hand to poke his cheek, "How did I teach you before? We can't walk straight, we can make a detour!"

Zhan Zhao was taken aback for a moment - detour?

Zhan Zhao wants to go to the pagoda to have a look, but the pagoda is solid and has no windows, and there may be an ambush for the agency. In order to avoid self-defeating, the two decided to go back to Kaifeng and discuss it.What's more, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang have something to do at night, they are going to attend Liu Xi's dinner party, and investigate about the life and death box.

When Yin Hou and Zhan Zhao returned to Kaifeng, Bai Yutang and Tianzun also returned.

The four of them entered the courtyard of the Kaifeng Mansion, and all of them were there.

But at this time, the scene in Kaifeng Mansion was a little weird.

I saw Bao Zheng and Pang Ji were there, they didn't know what was wrong, they were walking around in the middle of the yard with their arms folded, both frowning.

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao looked at each other—could something have happened?

After walking a few steps, he saw a man dressed as a guard sitting there dejectedly on a stone table in the corner of the yard, and Xiao Si was standing on a stone stool, wiping his face with cotton wool in his hand.The man's head was full of blood, and he looked very embarrassed. Zhan Zhao recognized him with a copper-colored sword stuck in the ground beside him, "Shi Chang?"

The man raised his head, "Master Zhan."

Yinhou and Tianzun followed behind and saw that the young man was quite energetic at such a young age, but his head was full of blood and he didn't know what was going on.Both of them are connoisseurs, and it can be seen at a glance that this young man is very good at martial arts, and his appearance is quite pleasing to the eye.

"How did you make it like this?" Bai Yutang had always been reluctant to talk to people, but he seemed to know Shi Chang quite well, so he walked to the table and sat down, asking him.

Zhan Zhao looked at his injuries, it seemed that something had smashed his head, he was shocked, "What's going on?"

Shi Chang bowed his head and remained silent.

The fourth son raised his face, "Uncle Chang was injured by the stones thrown by the eighth son."

"What?" Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were startled... At the same time, Bao Zheng and Pang Ji on the other end let out a long sigh.

Speaking of this Shi Chang, although the name has Chang, he is not an ordinary person.

Shi Chang is a friend of Zhao Pu's who met drinking when he was a child. He is about the same age. Unlike Zhao Pu's noble birth, Shi Chang is the son of a death row prisoner.Once Zhao Pu saw someone bullying him, he had a lot of backbone and strength, and when he saw that he liked him, he stood out for him and became friends with him.

When Shi Chang was injured that day, Zhao Pu was clumsy and couldn't bandage him, so he took him back to the Eighth Prince's Mansion, hoping to find a maid from the Palace to wash his wound or something.

It was such a coincidence that Lord Cheshire bumped into him when he entered the door.

When the Princess saw a child with injuries all over her body, she thought that Zhao Pu had fought with someone, so she severely reprimanded him and pulled Shi Chang over to check the wound.

After Zhao Pu made it clear, the princess took pity on Shi Chang's life experience and took him into the house to treat his wound.

Shi Chang grew up so big, it was the first time someone treated him so tenderly, and he was still a princess, so he respected the princess very much in his heart.

The Eighth Prince came back shortly after, and felt that it was a pity for the child to be raised like this, so he let him stay in the mansion and let him practice martial arts with Zhao Pu, as a caretaker.

At that time, Zhao Cong was also there, Shi Chang and Zhao Pu got along very well, but Zhao Cong was distant.After Shi Chang grew up, Zhao Pu felt that this person was very talented and high-minded, and he shouldn't be a servant who lived under others for a long time, so he talked to the Eighth Prince.The prince is reasonable, and introduced him to several famous teachers, and sent him to the mountains to learn martial arts, hoping that he will be able to do something in the future.

When Shi Chang practiced martial arts and went down the mountain, he originally wanted to fight with Zhao Pu, but on the day he came back, someone happened to assassinate the Eight Kings.After he rescued the Eighth Prince, he felt worried about leaving the two elders alone in Kaifeng, so he gave up the idea of ​​joining the army and followed the Eighth Prince as his personal bodyguard, which was also considered as a repayment for the kindness he had given back then.The Eighth Prince and Princess Cheshire trust Shi Chang very much, and they are regarded as nephews, and the relationship is quite close.

Shi Chang and Zhan Zhao have been friends for a long time, and after Zhan Zhao's introduction, they also got acquainted with Bai Yutang.This person is low-key and capable, serious and smart, good at martial arts and affectionate, he is quite funny on weekdays, and is very popular.In addition, he and Ouyang Shaozheng came from the same family, and they were brothers with Nan Gongji, the emperor's personal bodyguard.

Before Zhan Zhao and the others left Kaifeng Mansion to go west, and when the Eighth Prince was in charge of Kaifeng, Shi Chang helped deal with the case and temporarily took over Zhan Zhao's job.Before he investigated a bizarre murder case, he traveled far away, and he just came back today.Speaking of which, Shi Chang was the one who had been with the Eighth Prince and Lord Cheshire the longest, and was also the most familiar with them.Seeing the Eighth Prince today, Shi Chang was shocked and felt that something was wrong.He went up and down to ask what happened to the Eighth Prince, but the Eighth Prince ignored him, and Shi Chang found that the old guards around the Eighth Prince had disappeared, replaced by some new and weird Jianghu people.Moreover, Zhao Cong made up his mind and transferred him away too. Shi Chang was furious, and asked the original brothers about the situation, and they all said that the Eighth Prince seemed to have lost his mind and went crazy, and it was probably Zhao Cong's fault.

Today, just now when the Eighth Prince came back and Zhao Cong was not there, Shi Chang followed the Eighth Prince into the study, wanting to talk to him, but the more he talked, the more something went wrong. The Eighth Prince, who was originally gentle, smiling, wise and humorous, turned into a cruel and cruel man. stranger.Shi Chang couldn't believe it, so he wanted to bring the Eighth King to Kaifeng Mansion to see Gongsun for medical treatment.While tugging, the Eighth Prince suddenly grabbed a piece of yellow dragon jade that was usually used as a paperweight on the desk, and threw it at Shi Chang.

It's not that Shi Chang couldn't dodge, but was stunned... Just when the stone hit his head, blood splashed onto the Eighth Prince's face.

At this moment, the Eighth Prince was stunned for a moment, a gleam of clarity flashed in his sluggish eyes, then he was surprised, then frightened and sad, and he seemed to be in great pain and even cried out.

The movement of the Eight Kings attracted many other people. At this time, Shi Chang was sure that the Eight Kings must have been murdered by an adulterer and lost his mind, so he carried the Eight Kings on his shoulders and fought against the other guards, killing a bloody road and tying him out. On the way, he met a few shadow guards who came to see the situation, and secretly took him into Kaifeng Mansion.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang must have opened their mouths agape - what a big fuss!

"What about the Eighth Prince?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"Mr. Gongsun said that there may be a way to cure the Eighth Prince, and now we are in the room with the Ninth Prince to save people." Pang Yu and Bao Yan were also there, helping to answer.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang understood why Lord Bao and Grand Master Pang were having headaches. To put it bluntly, Shi Chang was kidnapping the Eighth Prince, a death sentence!What's more, people were brought to Kaifeng mansion at this moment, and all the people in Kaifeng mansion became accomplices.If Zhao Cong reported to Zhao Zhen, it would be really difficult.And the most difficult thing is that once the Eighth Prince is lost, Zhao Cong may be afraid that the plan will be exposed and speed up his actions. They are not ready yet, how to stop it?In short, it is difficult!

After Shi Chang's head was bandaged, he raised his head, "It's okay, I can bear the crime alone, but no matter what, the prince must never go back, I should have rescued the princess just now!"

"Speaking of the princess..." Zhan Zhao hurriedly told Mr. Bao what he heard just now, that Zhao Cong might use the princess.

Bai Yutang also said that what he and Tianzun found in the cave may be the green eyes in the eight eyes, because they were afraid that the fruit tree would die if it left the big tree, so they didn't take the tree back.However, Bai Yutang took back some branches and leaves and gave them to the fourth son.

The fourth son hurried in and brought it to Gongsun to see if he could find a solution.

"That tree is missing a fruit." Bai Yutang told everyone, "I almost checked carefully. There is a branch with a pedicle but no fruit. It is obvious that it has just been picked."

"In Zhao Cong's box, it might be that fruit?" Yin Hou speculated.

Zhan Zhao frowned, "Just a little bit of powder is so powerful, if it's a whole fruit, what would Zhao Cong do with it?"

Everyone was worried when they suddenly heard a scream from the room.

Both Bao Zheng and Pang Ji jumped in shock.

Shi Chang jumped up, "My lord!"

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao held him down, "Don't be impulsive, Gongsun is treating you."

Afterwards, the room was silent.

Shi Chang frowned, and the fourth son sat at the stone table, "It's a good thing to have a reaction."

Everyone looked at him.

"Patients who are insane are like living in a dream." The fourth son gently touched the big head of the stone, "If there is a different reaction, it means that there is a turning point. Daddy has cured many chronic diseases of insanity. Yes, take it easy."

Everyone instinctively felt that there should be no illness that Gongsun could not cure.

At this time, Ouyang Shaozheng ran in from outside, saw Shi Chang at a glance, and jumped up, "You boy can really poke a basket!"

Pang Ji hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?"

"The Eighth Prince's Mansion was in chaos just now. I heard that the Eighth Prince was kidnapped by Shi Chang, so I came to take a look!" Ouyang Shaozheng frowned and asked Shi Chang, "Did you kill someone?"

Shi Chang froze for a moment, then shook his head, "I didn't, I just hurt someone."

Ouyang frowned, "But it's rumored in the mansion that you killed three guards, what kind of madness..."Fart! "Shi Chang jumped up.

"Not really."

Just at this time, a slightly weak voice was heard.

Everyone looked back, pleasantly surprised...the door that was closed just now was opened, and Zhao Pu walked out with the help of the Eighth Prince.

Gongsun followed behind with a box in his hand, and from the excitement on his face, he could probably guess that he must have discovered some interesting disease or medicine.

But what pleased everyone the most was that the Eighth Prince's eyes were clear now, and his sanity seemed to have recovered.

"My lord!" Shi Chang stepped forward quickly.

Ba Wang looked at the thick gauze on Shi Chang's head with an apologetic face, reached out to pat him on the shoulder, but couldn't speak.

He sighed for a long time, shook his head and said sadly to Bao Zheng, "I'm sure Shi Chang didn't kill anyone at that time. "My lord..." Bao Zheng and Pang Ji were about to say something when the Eighth Prince waved his hand, "I understand. , understand!You go, go and arrest that unfilial son, he is completely dehumanized, what did we two do, raise two adopted sons who are outstanding, but give birth to a ferocious ghost, what a crime! "

The Eighth Prince became more and more sad as he talked, Zhao Pu comforted him, at this moment, Ziying rushed in from outside, and came to Zhao Pu, "My lord, Zhao Cong and Princess Chai are gone!"

"What?" Everyone was taken aback.

"He... he won't even let his mother go?!" The Eighth Prince felt dizzy.

"Hurry up and find it!" Zhao Pu felt helpless when he heard that Zhao Cong had also taken Princess Chai away.

Just when everyone didn't know where to look, Zhan Zhao suddenly tapped his chin lightly with one hand, "Well... I might know where they are."

Everyone turned to look at him.

Bai Yutang patted his shoulder lightly, "Cat, finally..."

Zhan Zhao narrowed his eyes—it was finally time for me to show!

Bai Yutang looked behind him, and felt a fluffy cat with its tail up...was flicking and flicking, very proud of it.